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is any1 a christian????

Emma Ensley -

It seemed like everyone in Tess’s tiny town was obsessed with God. All of the kids in her middle school were in the same...

Little Do the Fires Grow

J. Marcelo Borromeo -

Darren can hear the sound of footfalls in the next room. They must be his father’s—brisk, decisive. Every step comes down with the force...

Critique My

Kathleen Heil -

My friend Puma had an opening the other day for her solo exhibition at a gallery in Mitte, Berlin. It has become a kind...

Another Opening

Chase Burke -

Dad was dead, that’s the start. The story is this: My brother James and I were visiting our falling-apart father at his home in Birmingham, Alabama,...

Still Life

Becky Shirley -

On Monday, while Tess waits in the campus health center, Russell calls her for the first time since the start of Fall semester. He...

Harmony

Ikechukwu Ogbu -

I was thirteen when we moved to the brown house on Rest House Road—my ten-year-old brother Ugo, Mama and I. Papa had not come...

Con Safos Rifa

Lou Mathews -

"Con Safos Rifa" by Lou Mathews is an excerpt from the novel Shaky Town (2021, Tiger Van Books). All graffiti inked by the writer. There...

Polyptych for Vic

Nathan Dragon -

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A Stirring in the Glue

Mary Elizabeth Dubois -

"A Stirring in the Glue" by Mary Elizabeth Dubois was selected by Joyland as a finalist in the 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize. I think...

Late Girl

Jessie Ren Marshall -

"Late Girl" by Jessie Ren Marshall was selected by Joyland as a finalist in the 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize. Roman used to say that the body...